"In order to be an officer on one of these subs, you have to know
how to do everyone else's job," he explained. "Those skills are repeatedly
trained and taught. And I remember thinking, 'That's really
cool.'"

"They're there to absorb what we're talking about," Libin said.
"They're not just spectators. They ask questions; they talk."

No employee gets more than two extra meetings a week.

While it seems minor, the effects could be potentially profound.
Network
science research indicates that the quality and quantity of
relationships you have in an organization — up and down
hierarchies, across departments — is one of the best predictors
of innovation.